Table 1.

Selected pathogens and associated diseases in this study: susceptible hosts, reservoirs and impact

	Disease	Reservoir	Transmission	Effect on susceptible species	Importance of disease
Brucella abortus	Brucellosis	African buffalo?	Contact with abortion product	Abortion	Zoonosis, local animal production
Mycobacterium bovis	Bovine tuberculosis	African buffalo, cattle	Environmental, direct contact	Morbidity; mortality	Zoonosis, local animal production
Theileria parva	Theileriosis	African buffalo	Vector-borne	Mortality	Local animal production
Rift Valley fever virus	Rift Valley fever infection	Unknown (mosquito population?)	Vector-borne, direct contact?	Mortality	Zoonosis, local animal production
Foot-and-mouth disease virus	Foot-and-mouth disease infection	African buffalo, cattle	Direct contact, environmental?	Morbidity	International trade
Lumpy skin disease virus	Lumpy skin disease	Unknown	Vector-borne?	Morbidity, mortality	Local animal production